The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-08-25
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS
There is a woman in Wayne
County, W. Va, who is the proud
possessor of beard four inches long.
whats the matter with your eyes,
Joep'' g.'Been sitting ashes, Bill The
winds against me, no matter how l,
turn" Il never get ashes in my eyes,
joe" How do you avoid itP'' II
let my wife sift hem.-Harper's Bazaar.
"A leaf of the giant water lily (Vie--
toria regia) has been. Known to meas
ure "a feet 81 inches in circumference,
its weight beingnearly IA pounds. One
of the flowers was feet 2 inches in
circumference, with petals 9 inches in
length and weighed 81 pounds.
How fast does a snail really travele
We speak of ''snail's pace,'' but what
idea does the expression convey to US
beyond the general one Of extreme slow
ness? Some one of an inquiring turn
of mind has recently determined by
measurement that the proverbial pace
is precisely a mile in fourteen days.
Eyes" said Miss Breezy, of Chi
cago, sit is a pleasure to dine, at the
Wabashes. Mr.. Wabash is naturally
hospitable. and, aside from the general
excellence,.every thing is served in a
way that is positively delightful to a
person of cultured tastes. And her
soups are delicious. Why, do you
know" went on the young lady, ''that
last evening was served to soup three
times, and could easily have gone one
more IN Y. Sun. S~lt
"A little lad who is accustomed to.
say his prayers every night has made
it his especial petition for week past
to ask for pleasant weather. =" As
may be understood, the daily responses
have not been very encouraging to him,
and when he got to this point in his
little prayer last night he stopped
short, opened his eyes and asked his
waiting mother in plaintive voice:
Mamma, do you think God will say
4 Chestnut if / ask for that pleasant
weather again?" Providence Journal.
The wearing of mems clothes in
public places by women has been CON-
mon enough in Paris to daw the at
tention of the project of police. who has
published the law bearing on the case.
It prohibits women from appearing in
men attire in other than carnival days
without authorization from the police.
Lately, the story goes, young woman
dressed in mans garb and wearing the
decoration of the Legion of Honor APP
peared in an official box and accom-
panied by an official parsonage at the
Opera-C omique.- Boston Transcript.
Photographic outfits are being
placed on board all United States men.
} of-war with the purpose of illustrating
dispatches. All points of value in navi.
cation are to be photographed and the
pictures are to be preserved for refer.
ence at the Navy Department. The
officers are encouraged toqualify them
selves as photographers. So long a.
there is no demand for the creation O.
.. the Office of photographer general o
} the navy with seventeen assistants will
the rank and pay of commodores. thu
new departure will be good thing.
, Careful estimates of damage sus
9 tanned from the cotton worm, upon al
9 assumed value of $50 per bale on tn
number of bales less than an averag
crop, give, as the annual loss for tn
fourteen years prior to 1878, in seyera
b of the cotton States, the followin.
: amounts: Georgia, $3,912,0oo; Louisi
} ana 81, 4S7, 900; Alabama. 81, 7S9, 00O
: Mississippi, Sc, $50, 600; Texas, S7,4O6,
q 600; and in nine of the principal cottol
0 States the following result: A possibl
: loss Of $3O,OOO,0Oo in years Of genera
: prevalence of the caterpiller. st. Lous
+ Republican.